Recommend me a book for starters

Question

What do you guys think about this book? http://www.amazon.ca/Beginning-Windows-Phone-7-Development/dp/1430232161/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1295300427&sr=8-4

or is there another book you would recommend for a starter?

i am interested in making apps and games for windows phone 7.

Answer 1

here is the link to a pdf book (free) , from my favourte author

Programming Windows Phone 7
by
Charles Petzold

http://www.charlespetzold.com/phone/

Answer 2

Charles's book is awesome and free! It's definitely a great resource to check out.

You will also find a great amount of online resources and tutorials at http://create.msdn.com.

 

Answer 3

Thank you guys :)

Answer 4

You can also check the "WP7 Dev guide" which is updated weekly and www.windowsphonegeek.com -  lots of articles, tips, videos, it lists the latest WP7 development activities etc..

Answer 5

here is one more  WP7 starter  free  e-book
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mvplead/archive/2011/01/28/free-ebook-windows-phone-programming-in-c-for-beginners.aspx